Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	131% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '17 at 16:06
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 854 85% 693 Pts	64-Core 850 53% 850 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 192 Parallax 186 142% 184 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 170 Splatting 123 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 1,308 Write 365 Mixed 555 161% 742 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 30.9 166% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 46.6 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 33.9 66% 125 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 141%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 100 115460552 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 267 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 70039 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 660 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 187 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 57 606273572 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8648 (C2) HDA temperature 36 43 77309411364 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -102641128439176 (F1) Unknown 100 253 75992159 (F2) Unknown 100 253 73798180	95.8% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 157 Mixed 181 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.25 89% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB 4,608 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 41.3 MC Mixed 32.9 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 32.1 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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System: Alienware Aurora R6

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,330x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	447x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	261x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	696x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	458x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	178x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	389x
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples	57x
PC300 SK hy 256GBNvmeBench 113%, 3,798 samples	48x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples	228x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 7,552 samples	158x
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 24,860 samples	75x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $299

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16